Borussia M.Gladbach vs Elversberg — Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 5 September 2026

Bundesliga·Saturday, 5 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Borussia M.Gladbach

51%

top pick

Draw

24%

Elversberg

25%

result

Final score

3–4

Top pick missed

Metis gave an Elversberg win 24.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Borussia M.Gladbach win. Expected goals 1.78–1.34 against 3–4 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals61%7 scored
Both teams score63%yes
Borussia M.Gladbach clean sheet26%no
Elversberg clean sheet16%no
Borussia M.Gladbach score 2+55%yes
Elversberg score 2+38%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.4115
1X2 Brier score0.8821
Probability on the result24.9%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 2–1 (11.7%), 1–1 (11.1%), 1–0 (8.4%). It finished 3–4.

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Borussia M.Gladbach

29 AugAvs RasenBallsport Leipzig0–3L
5 SeptHvs Elversberg3–4L
12 SeptAvs Freiburg0–5L
19 SeptHvs Mainz 053–4L
11 OctAvs FC Cologne1–2L

Elversberg

29 AugHvs Bayer Leverkusen3–2W
5 SeptAvs Borussia M.Gladbach4–3W
13 SeptHvs Bayern Munich1–2L
20 SeptAvs Schalke 040–0D
10 OctAvs Union Berlin0–1L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatBorussia M.Gladbach
(Home · 4 matches)
Elversberg
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate75.0%25.0%
Over 2.5 rate75.0%50.0%
Clean sheet25.0%25.0%
Avg goals4.253.00

Home stats use Borussia M.Gladbach's home record; away stats use Elversberg's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.